8/4/2007 Another Hot One !

We were fishing at 5:45am this morning. The tide was high with a northerly breeze blowing. The feeding activity was absent on the flats this morning. Around 8:00am the shad started schooling up along the grass lines but the Reds weren't there with them. We started moving around in search of some sort of activity. Finally around 10:00am I finally got a fish on. It was an undersized Red but an ice breaker just the same, it was another hour before I got bit again and it was another u/s Red. Preston and Dale had each caught undersized Red fish also but we were still in search of a tournament winning fish. At 11:30am. the wind slacked off shortly and three tournament sized Red's started tailing 30 yards West of us. I poled us into casting range. Preston had the 1st shot but came up short as did I. Dale made a well placed cast that landed right on top of one of the tightly bunched Reds and it was all over. They didn't spook that bad but they knew some thing wasn't right and disappeared. We left the area and came back 1/2 hour later but we never saw another Red after that. We finally threw in the towel at 3:30pm. When we arrived back at the ramp I noticed that the tide never fell as it was supposed to today. The prediction was incoming in the morning then falling around 11:00am for the rest of the day.

I am sure the lack of a moving tide is what killed the bite for us today. We found lots of bait and clear water but that was it. From the way the marsh is loading up with small Red fish barring another hurricane Red fishing on the flats next year should be great, keep your fingers crossed.

Tight lines, Mike